Strike One

Well I had an official complaint filed against me today for not keeping up with my blog so here's a little update. (I wouldn't want 3 strikes...I could be banned!) Now that I'm back in San Angelo and living alone I'm trying to stay busy all the time (hence no blogs as of late). Although not all my keeping busy "tasks" are urgent or even productive for that matter-at least I haven't gone crazy being alone. Yet. I've also started going into work a little in the mornings so I can accumulate some more hours before I leave. I'm saving all my work money for something cool but I won't be disclosing that information until...later. I need to go to bed now. I'm exhausted and people are coming over for dinner tomorrow! Good...night or whatever time of the day you are reading this :)

It's Never Easy

It's been a few days longer than I intended to wait to post, but I guess pretty much everyone that reads my blog has been with me the last few days. At the end of last week I had planned to talk about how my office is finally office feeling and take a picture of my desk all set up-and post pictures of the A&M game/tailgate with all the great food. Before I even had the chance to get back to San Angelo things took a turn for the worse (some could argue better since he's no longer in pain) and the grandpa I've been living with passed away. I'm so thankful I had the past month and a half to spend with him but no matter how someone dies, I don't ever think I'll be "ready". I really suck at handling death, and I don't think I'm very good at mourning either. I believe everyone has their own style and mine is just...a surprise. For example its a little after 6AM right now-very out of character for me. I couldn't sleep anyways so I thought I may as well get up. I have to be at work at 8, which is also earlier than normal, but I committed to coming early today some time last week. I guess the point of all this is-I don't know what I want. Will work distract me, or give me quiet time to over think everything? At times I think I want people to check on me and make sure I'm okay...and then at others I think I want to be left alone. In 21 years I've lost 5 grandparents-and aside from 1, I was old enough to understand what was happening in each case. I'm sure there are others that don't know how best to mourn, but how do you not feel alone when at that moment that's exactly how you feel. Some people want left alone to work through it themselves and others would rather be surrounded at all times. Some people can make the notification calls without crying and others can't. Guess that's what families are for. My Bobby was a lucky guy-I know because we have the same family. They may drive me crazy at times but I don't know what I'd do without them. I love you guys very much-you too Bobby, it's been a pleasure.

Playing with Numbers

So I was doing some early morning math at work today and was curious as to how much you would have to make an hour for a 6 digit salary. Assuming you don’t have anything taken out for taxes etc, and you work 40 hr/wk (no overtime or bonuses) you would have to make between $52 & $53 an hour. Now if you were making minimum wage you would have to work 287 hr/wk to make about the same. That’s around 41 hrs/day 7 days a week. Looks like I have a long way to go!

Pretty Little Keppin Me From Sleepers

I'm in one of those moods where I could ramble on and on-probably without ever saying anything that makes sense. Maybe its the Nyquil...turns out that expired stuff wasn't a cure-all. I don't really have anything important to talk about. I'm watching Pretty Little Liars...and I have been the last week or so. Little nightly marathons to get caught up to the current season. They aren't nearly as good as the books but with the story line they've got going on it's anything but boring. Drama makes good tv because you don't have to actually deal with. Now I am faced with a hard decision...watch the last episode or go to bed. Hmmmmm...

Political Me

Today at work I did some research on LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) for a remodel my boss is doing that requires a LEED certification. Not many people in this area are certified so I may become the lead LEED person for the project. Construction won't start until January so I'll most likely be gone, but hopefully we can work something out so I can stay involved. It'd be really great if I could get architecture credit for it somehow since I lack 6 hours in that concentration. From what I can tell it's a very expensive process which is probably why every building isn't LEED certified. It's like health food being more expensive than the sugary good stuff...it'd be easier to make the right decision if it were cheaper! That's just my opinion though...in 14 years when I'm old enough to run for president I'll fix things up the way they should be. PaigeCare if you will. If I didn't dislike political science and history classes so much I'd fix it all now! But you'll have to wait til I'm a boring 35 and enjoy that kind of thing. Until then all the winning policy will remain in my head ;) along with the head cold I've developed. Don't you worry though! I took some medicine that probably expired the year I was born so I'm sure I'll be like new in the morning :)